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(No Model.)

'P .CH'URGH- HAMB. No. 374,657. Patented Dec. 13, -1887.

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NITED STATES PATENT Carica.

FRANK CHURCH, OF DUBOIS, NEBRASKA.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,657-, datedDecember 13, 1867.

' Application filed July 12, 1887. Serial No. 244,216. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom t may concern/f Beit known that l, FRANK CHURCH, a citi zenof the United States, residing at Dubois, in the county ot' Pawnee andState of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in HaineAttachments, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to adjusting attachments for use in connection withhannes; and it consists in the construction and -arrangement of theparts of the same, as will be more fully hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a hame having an attachment inconnection therewith which will readily adjust the said hame for use inconnection with varying sizes of collars, and to so construct the partsof the attachment that they will be simple and effective, strong anddurable, readily understood and operated, attached in connection withhaines now in use, and comparatively inexpensive in manufacture. Iattain this object by the attachment illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which I have shown a perspective view of a hame with myattachment in connection therewith.

A indicates a hame of ordinary construction, having the back iron, a,and at the upper portion thereof a iiuted spring-plate, B, is secured,which is engaged by a lockingle ver, B', mounted in the open end of aclip, b, which passes around the hame A. The locking-lever B is providedwith an operating handle orjeXtension, b', and an eccentricallyoperatinghead, b2, which is adapted to en- `gage with the flutes of the plate Bin the adjustment at this point. Secured in an eye of the pintle b3,passing through the upperends of the clip b, and upon which the lever Bis pivotally mounted, a line-ring, C, is secured or attached. Betweenthe hame and the inner portion of the rear side of the clip b the strapC, which passes over the collar, is clamped. Vhen the lever B isadjusted up or down and engages with the utes of the spring-plate B, theclip b is in like manner carried upwardly or downwardly, as is also v tthe line-ring C. It will thus be seen that the whole adjustment isaccomplished at one operation and any size of collar accommodated bysuch adjustment. t

In the lower portion of the hame a hamestaplc, D, is secured by passingin through the back iron and riveted in the wood body of the hame, as isthe ordinary form of attachment.

be desired to change the line of draft, as will n be readilyunderstood;but I make no claim to this device.

By means of my improved attachmentthe hame may be readily adjusted foruse in connection with collars of varying sizes, and consequently with.large or small animals.

The novelty and utility 'of my invention is obvious, and it is evidentthat the parts as described could be slightly varied in theirconstruction without departing from the nature and principle of myinvention.

Having thus vdescribed my invention, I claimc l. The combination, with ahame, of the spring-plate secured to the upper portion thereof, theclamping-lever engaging with said plate, an open-ended clip passingaround the hame and in which said clamping-lever is pivoted, and theline-ring secured to the clip, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the hame, of the collar-strap C', theopen-ended clip passed around the said strap and the hame, and means,substantially as described, for causing said clip to bind the strap tothe hame, substantially as specied.

3. The combination, with the hame and the collar-strap C, of thespring-plate secured to the hame, the clip b, passed around the hame andthe strap C', and the clamping-lever pivoted in the clip b,and having acamshead which engages the spring-plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myown I have hereto affixedmy signature-in presence of two witnesses.

111s FRAN-K EDWARDS.

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